Book Description
Data is the lifeblood of modern business, and modern data centers have extremely demanding requirements for size, speed, and reliability. Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) allow organizations to manage and back up huge file systems quickly, thereby keeping their lifeblood flowing. W. Curtis Preston's insightful book takes you through the ins and outs of building and managing large data centers using SANs and NAS. This book explains the similarities and differences of SANs and NAS to help you determine which, or both, of these complementing technologies are appropriate for your network. Preston exams each technology with a vendor neutral approach, starting with the building blocks of a SAN and how they can be assembled for effective storage solutions. He covers day-to-day management and backup and recovery for both SANs and NAS in detail. Whether you're a seasoned storage administrator or a network administrator charged with taking on this role, you'll find all the information you need to make informed architecture and data management decisions.
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Author takes you through the ins and outs of building and managing large data centers using SANs and NAS. You will find all the information you need to make informed architecture and data management decisions. Softcover.
Using SANs and NAS FROM THE PUBLISHER
Data is the lifeblood of modern business, and modern data centers have extremely demanding requirements for size, speed, and reliability. Multi-terabyte data stores are common; petabyte data stores are not unheard of. But given this much data, how do you ensure it's always available, that access times and throughput are reasonable, and that the data can be backed up and restored in a timely manner. Using SANs and NAS shows you how to use the latest technologies for building large data centers. It helps you understand which complementing technologies are appropriate for your network. How do SANs and NAS differ, and how are they alike? How is NAS different from simple NFS and SMB/CIFS? What future technologies, such as iSCSI and DAFS, might affect the picture? What are the building blocks of a SAN, and how can they be assembled for effective storage solutions?
Most important, Using SANs and NAS pays special attention to the problems of backing up huge data stores. How do you design a cost-effective backup system that can perform a backup or recovery of your multi-terabyte storage system in a reasonable time? What virtualization technologies can be used to make backup and recovery almost instantaneous? Using SANs and NAS is a practical book that gives storage administrators the tools they need to solve the toughest problems. It is an essential part of a storage administrator's library.
SYNOPSIS
Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) allow organizations to manage and back up huge file systems quickly. W. Curtis Preston's insightful book takes you through the ins and outs of building and managing large data centers using SANs and NAS. Whether you're a seasoned storage administrator or a network administrator charged with taking on this role, you'll find all the information you need to make informed architecture and data management decisions.
AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
W. Curtis Preston has specialized in designing backup and recovery systems for over eight years, and has designed such systems for many environments, both large and small. The first environment that Curtis was responsible for went from 7 small servers to 250 large servers in just over two years, running Oracle, Informix, and Sybase databases and five versions of Unix. He started managing this environment with homegrown utilities and eventually installed the first of many commercial backup utilities. His passion for backup and recovery began with managing the data growth of this 24x7, mission-critical environment. Having designed backup systems for environments with small budgets, Curtis has developed a number of freely available tools, including ones that perform live backups of Oracle, Informix, and Sybase. He has ported these tools to a number of environments, including Linux, and they are running at companies around the world. Curtis is now the owner of Storage Designs, a consulting company dedicated entirely to selecting, designing, implementing, and auditing storage systems. He is also the webmaster of www.backupcentral.com.
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